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SONGSPacket by Prize Boners KingIn both a film and a book, the playing of this song prompts a character to crack "you poor fool—wait'll you see those goddamned bats." It's not "Sympathy for the Devil," but the characters sing along to it while driving at the beginning of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was infamously performed as a "modern spiritual" on an episode of the Lawrence Welk Show. The singer asks "who do you love?" after saying he is "sitting downtown in a railway station." For 10 points, name this Brewer and Shipley song whose title suggests slightly excessive drug use.ANSWER: "One Toke Over the Line"This song is playing while a man jokingly notes "Every time I come here, you two! Don't you work?" to a couple standing in a hallway. The protagonist dances to it in the opening scene of Adventures in Babysitting. In its most famous use on film, it begins to play as a woman asks "You're leaving your car?" to a man who chuckles that he likes going through the kitchen instead of "waiting in line." This song was played during the celebrated three-minute tracking shot through the Copacabana in Goodfellas. For 10 points, name this song by The Crystals about a display of romance.ANSWER: "Then He Kissed Me"This song plays in a film as Doughboy and Chris are arrested for shoplifting, as Furious and his son Tre look on. In another usage, its performance is followed by a vigilante murder and a Cecily Strong played woman insisting "if a court won't convict you, we will!" In that performance, lyrics are frequently interrupted by an obnoxious GPS system. In another film, its singer stops and announces "I'm distracting you, you big turd blossom!" This song is performed by Peter Quill to confuse Ronan at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy. For 10 points, name this soul single by The Five Stairsteps that promises "things are going to get easier."ANSWER: "O-o-h Child"In the ending scene of one film, this song is performed by a man with a bird on his arm as a woodpecker bobs to the beat. After a performance of this song is earlier aborted, a man says he saw Byron Williams fight in Cardiff once. That conversation occurs while Byron is wearing an Egyptian pharaoh's garb in a casino. Aliens take the place of backup dancers during a performance of this song in Mars Attacks! On television, this song is best known as what usually accompanies Carlton Banks' dancing. For 10 points, name this Tom Jones hit.ANSWER: "It's Not Unusual"After The Rolling Stones' "Bitch," this song comes on the radio while the title character is driving in Jerry Maguire. Matt Weiner recently said he was completely unsurprised to find that this was one of my favorite songs. Conan O'Brien used this song to accompany a clip of a gorilla dressed as a nurse using an abdominal exerciser. The singer says "I won't beg you to stay" and urges the listener to "Just touch my cheek before you leave me." For 10 points, name this Juice Newton song about lovers ending their affair in the light of day.ANSWER: "Angel of the Morning"In a film, this song plays as Bick Benedict fights a racist diner owner to protect a Mexican family; that occurs at the climax to the film Giant. Mitch Miller's version of this song hit #1 on the charts the same week James Dean died. A variant of this song has the speaker saying he is going "back to Georgia, to find my Uncle Joe" and notes that another figure "played hell in Tennessee." This song is traditionally believed to be referring to a biracial indentured servant named Emily West, who successfully seduced Santa Anna prior to the Battle of San Jacinto. The speaker says "You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosa Lee." For 10 points, name this song which is describing a woman from the Lone Star State.ANSWER: "The Yellow Rose of Texas"While discussing this song, a character thinks the lyrics may be referring to a "7-11." This song is first mentioned after another character says he has been to "payroll" and found it "very productive." On another show, General Anderson, who enjoys getting back massages, apparently enjoys this song, having fallen in love with its USO performer. This song is interpreted as a clue given by an in actuality confused Mr. Wilhelm to George, who does not know where he needs to go for a certain project. In that episode, Jerry and George analyze the lyrics of it, which include "maybe you know some little places to go, where they never close." For 10 points, name this Petula Clark song about an urban area.ANSWER: "Downtown"Irving Berlin claimed this song had the same effect on him as Psalm 23. Queen claimed an audience spontaneously singing it inspired them to write "We Are the Champions." Barbra Streisand performed it in honor of 9/11 victims at the 2001 Emmys. Its original performance occurs when Nettie Fowler sings it to encourage the widow of Billy Bigelow. This song was performed by Jerry Lewis to close out his Labor Day telethons. An emotional performance of it came from fans after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. For 10 points, name this song used as the Liverpool Football Club's anthem, an encouraging song from the musical Carousel.ANSWER: "You'll Never Walk Alone"Wikipedia insists that the opening motif of this song is sampled in John Cena's entrance music. Sonny Bono turned this song down for Cher, thinking it would alienate her fan base. In a film, a character says he has "heard it a million, trillion fucking times" but just now realized what the ending of the song implies because he "zoned out during that part before." This song is the last discussed by the protagonists prior to Mr. Pink saying he does not believe in tipping in Reservoir Dogs. In that film, Nice Guy Eddie finally realizes that "the girl singing the song is the one who shot Andy." For 10 points, name this biggest hit of Vicki Lawrence about a murder and an execution in a southern state.ANSWER: "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"This song is basically the "town theme" in the NES Willow video game. This song plays as a man leafs through photos of celebrities, pronouncing them crap, but then praising combat photos, saying "the skulls—the bodies—you give it all such a glow." It's not by Prince, but it plays immediately after the Joker and his men vandalize museum paintings as he talks to Vicki Vale in the 1989 Batman movie. This song's original name referred to Molly and Johnny, characters played by Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue. For 10 points, name this Percy Faith song, originally composed for a Sloan Wilson adaptation, which is now associated with elevator music and banal, romantic scenes.ANSWER: "Theme from A Summer Place"9. Before this song plays, a character says when he was a young man he lugged fifty pounds up five, six flights of stairs. As it plays in the background, a young man says he's always been interested in "all areas" of the law, but his employer snidely remarks that "the world needs ditch diggers too." Judge Smails says that "music is a violation of my personal privacy" as this plays. This song plays during a mass party scene at the end of the Simpsons episode "Burns, Baby Burns." Al Czervik says "let's dance" while using his golf bag to play this song in Caddyshack. For 10 points, name this Journey song that proclaims "that's the way you need it."ANSWER: "Any Way You Want It"11. This song inexplicably is performed by Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd to end the Mountie themed cartoon "Fresh Hare." After this song is performed, a man compares its singers to a "bunch of Kansas City faggots" and asks "What in the wide, wide world of sports is going on here?" It's not "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," but it is performed after a character takes umbrage to a performance of "I Get a Kick Out of You," saying it is not a true work song. Foghorn Leghorn frequently sings this song in his appearances. For 10 points, name this Stephen Foster minstrel song with the refrain "doo-dah, doo-dah."ANSWER: "Camptown Races" [accept "Dixie" in first sentence] 13. Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker recorded an apparently intentionally bad version of this song that they performed on Top of the Pops in 1978. An inexplicable SNL sketch featuring Seth Rogen entirely revolved around an important business recording being replaced with this song. This song is performed after a man notes that "you can't follow the leader all your lives" and a woman says "tell me about it, stud." That performance occurs after a man is revealed to be wearing a letterman's jacket and a woman is wearing a leather jacket and smoking a cigarette. For 10 points, name this song that is performed as Danny discovers the "new" Sandy in Grease.ANSWER: "You're the One That I Want"14. This song is performed after a man tells a group "You are not inferior," saying they can "make liars out of those bastards in exactly one hour when you take that test and pass it and win." In another appearance, this song plays after a producer is told "Just take whatever you need from our boutiques until you can get back on your feet," prompting that man to say "thank God we're back in Hollywood where people treat each other right." This song closes out the Simpsons episode "Radioactive Man" and is the namesake of a film about New Jersey Principal Joe Clark, played by Morgan Freeman. For 10 points, name this Bill Withers song where the singer says "I'll help you carry on."ANSWER: "Lean on Me"15. A short story about this song is memorably illustrated with what appears to be a man in a rocking chair flying a kite that is a human head, which has little to do with the actual story. In that story, Jane's roommate becomes annoyed at Jane humming this song all night, although when she pulls back the covers, she finds Jane decapitated. In the original version of this song, a lyric mentions five hundred blacks dying when a ship catches on fire, while nonsense lyrics proclaim "it rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry." For 10 points, name this Stephen Foster song a man who comes from Alabama with a banjo on his knee.ANSWER: "Oh! Susanna"16. In Ken Burns' Baseball series, this song plays over a montage of Earl Weaver screaming at umpires. This song is performed after a British man apologizes for the Falklands to an Argentinian who says "We kind of knew they were yours." While originally a Kingston Trio song, this song achieved fame after being used in an advertisement for the National Conference of Christians and Jews. This song is sung by the people of Earth after achieving world peace on "Treehouse of Horror II." For 10 points, name this call for peace by The Youngbloods where the singers urge people to "love one another right now."ANSWER: "Get Together"17. This song first achieved prominence after it played at the end of the ABC TV movie She Lives! starring Desi Arnaz Jr. A Muppet Show sketch that bothered me as a child featured a scientist progressively changing in appearance as he drinks a serum and sings this song. In a recent film, a character listens to this song while wearing a Pink Floyd t-shirt and giving people wedgies. This song plays in a kitchen in the Pentagon as a character effortlessly rearranges bullets and throws plates around while protecting Professor X and Magneto. For 10 points, name this Jim Croce song which wistfully thinks about past events.ANSWER: "Time in a Bottle"18. Trevor Murdoch performed this song as tag team partner Lance Cade attacked him to break up their team. A film inspired by this song would feature Christopher Rich and Reba McEntire sixteen years before they worked together on Reba. This song is performed by people on a bus while Toby is left behind from attending the day at the beach on an episode of The Office. After this song is performed on a recent commercial, characters note "I get the jist" and are apparently bored with it being sung all the time. For 10 points, name the song which prompted a GEICO commercial to claim that playing cards with Kenny Rogers gets "old fast."ANSWER: "The Gambler"19. This song plays after a scene in which a man notes "I bet I could fry an egg on your head right now." That man asks "do you find me sadistic?" before clarifying he is acting at his most "masochistic." This song plays immediately after a woman's line of "It's your baby" is cut off by a sound effect. The version of this song in that film is an otherwise obscure Nancy Sinatra version, not by its most famous originator. It plays over an opening credits sequence that begins with "The 4th film by Quentin Tarantino," and that film is Kill Bill Volume One. For 10 points, name this song originated by Cher subtitled "My Baby Shot Me Down."ANSWER: "Bang Bang"20. In the pilot of That's My Bush!, this is revealed to be "our song" of George and Laura Bush and is performed by a mariachi band. This song both plays and introduces a man who cheerfully proclaims "it's so gratifying to leave you wallowing in the mess you've made—you're screwed, thank you, bye." That performance introduces the Steve Martin voiced Ray Patterson in one of my least favorite Simpsons episodes, "Trash of the Titans." In its most famous usage, a character drives a salvage truck while another man reads a newspaper in a rocking chair. For 10 points, name this theme song for a Norman Lear sitcom starring Redd Foxx.ANSWER: "Theme to Sanford and Son" [or "The Streetbeater"] ................
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